After Georgios Sotiropoulos opened from the cut-off, Ole Schemion three-bet from the small blind. Back on Sotiropoulos he moved all in for 1,037,000 and Schemion called it off.
Sotiropoulos:
Schemion:
The board was one hell of a rollercoaster for Sotiropoulos but he doubled to around 2,100,000 whilst Schemion slips back to 3,000,000
Zdravko Duvnjak opened the hijack but got some resistance. Ori Hasson made a three bet and Duvnjak made the call. Hasson bet out 285,000 on and the last Dutch player made the call. The on the turn made Hasson check. Duvnjak grabbed the opportunity to bet, he slid 320,000 forward. Hasson check raised all in and Duvnjak folded, leaving him behind with not so many chips anymore.
From middle position Tapio Vihakas raised to 60,000 and one seat along Ole Schemion smooth called. On the flop Vihakas bet 65,000 and Schemion tossed the calling chips in with a decent amount of height on them. The fell on the turn, Vihakas checked, Schemion bet 125,000 and Vihakas check-raised all in for 731,000 total. The German requested a count, but halfway through the dealer counting down the stack he called.
Vihakas:
Schemion:
The Finn had a combo draw but missed all his outs on the river and shook hands with his opponents as he left the table.
Max Silver opened to 60,000 from under the gun plus two and Zdravko Duvnjak made the call in the cutoff. From the small blind Julian Track squeezed to 283,000 and only Silver made the call, Duvnjak folded.
Track made a bet of 329,000 on and Silver made the call. The turn brought the to the table and Track wasn't holding back. He made a massive 830,000 bet. Silver smiled, and folded.
On the fourth hand back from the break we hand the first all in from the outer table. Nikita Nikolaev raised to 60,000 from the cut-off, Ole Schemion three-bet to 160,000 from the small blind, but the German folded when Nikolaev shoved for 800,000 total. Pot to Nikolaev.
Andrew Chen opened to 60,000 from the hijack and found callers in Max Silver in the cutoff and Stockner in the big blind. Stockner checked to Chen on and Chen checked as well. Silver bet 68,000 and Stockner quickly folded. Chen made the call however.
Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Chen checked again and Silver, after some consideration, checked behind. Chen tried to trap his English opponent with but that didn't work out. Still some profit early on for Chen as Silver mucked.
16 players remain in the EPT Prague Main Event with €889,000 for the win. Max Silver leads, but has German wunderkind Ole “wizowizo” Schemion pipped Negreanu to the GPI Player of the Year title? Read all about it over at the PokerStars Blog.